In early 2020 in the midst of the covid lockdowns, blue states run by leftist governors pursued mandates with extreme prejudice. In red states like Montana, after the first month or two most of us simply ignored the restrictions and went on with life as usual. It was clear that covid was not the threat federal authorities made it out to be. However, in states like Michigan the vise was squeezed tighter and tighter under the direction of shady leaders like Gretchen Whitmer.
Whitmer used covid as an opportunity to institute some bizarre limitations on the public, including a mandate barring larger stores
from selling seeds and garden supplies to customers. "If you're not buying food or medicine or other essential items, you should not be going to the store," Whitmer said when announcing her order. The leftist governor was fine with purchases of lottery tickets and liquor, but not gardening tools and seeds.
She never gave a logical reason why she targeted garden supplies, but most people in the preparedness community understood very well what this was all about
: This was a beta-test for wider restrictions on food independence. There was widespread rhetoric in the media throughout 2020 attacking anyone stockpiling necessities as "hoarders," and now they were going after people planning ahead and trying to grow their own food. The establishment did NOT want people to store or produce a personal food supply.
Comment: And this is just what The Jerusalem Post will admit, which, as you'll see below, is barely scratching the surface. The Jerusalem Post is one of the rare dissenting news outlets within Israel, along with Haaretz - and oftentimes they entirely tow the party line.
However, it takes just a few moments on X to find first hand testimony, as well as other proofs, of just how institutionally sadistic and depraved Israel's prisons for Palestinians are:
Compare/contrast with the Israeli hostages released by Hamas: